The Critical Path

PMI Academic Resources invites project management scholars and practitioners to participate in its inaugural Teaching Case Competition, which launched on 2 January 2015.

Teaching with cases helps to create an energizing atmosphere that inspires students to develop critical thinking and analytical skills. The challenge for faculty has been to find high-quality teaching cases in project management.

This competition aspires to build a repository of high-quality teaching cases available for faculty to use in undergraduate and postgraduate project management programs.

The theme of this year’s competition is Project Management and Disaster Relief. The competition will be judged by a panel of expert case writers and project management scholars, with monetary prizes for the top three cases, as follows:

• 1st Prize: US$3,000
• 2nd Prize: US$2,000
• 3rd Prize: US$1,000

The top three finalists will be invited to PMI Global Congress 2015—North America, where the winners will be announced. The prize-winning cases will be published through PMI.

The early submission deadline is 1 April 2015. See below for complete guidelines and submission details.

Submission Criteria and Guidelines

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have additional questions regarding the competition, please contact [email protected]. 

If you missed the open house festivities on 16 March 2015, there’s still time to enter the giveaways, which end on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 12:00 am EDT. You can also access webinars about team building and collaboration and earn PDU credit!

9 HABITS OF EFFECTIVE TEAM BUILDING WEBINAR

Do you need to improve your team-building skills? Have you had bad experiences in the past with keeping your team on board? This webinar by project professional and frequent ProjectManagement.com contributor Bruce Harpham will show you how to assess your team building strengths and weaknesses while giving you actionable steps to improve your team building skills. One (1) PDU will be automatically reported.

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Proud to be a project manager? Enter to win a ProjectManagement.com “Influencer” T-shirt!

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Project management can be lonely. A valuable reference for all project managers, Project Pain Reliever was developed primarily for new and accidental project managers who manage projects as part of their role and not their profession. These project managers often lack the training or experience to effectively address many of the problems faced by seasoned project management professionals. Compiled by ProjectManagement.com CEO Dave Garrett,  Project Pain Reliever: A Just-In-Time Handbook for Anyone Managing Projects is uniquely organized in essentially a plug-and-play format designed to help these project managers quickly find specific solutions to the problems that they are desperate to fix right now! Enter to win here!

Plus, one lucky winner will receive a digital version of The Effective Project Manager by project professional  Michael Stratton.The Effective Project Manager explains in easy-to-understand terms what you need to do in order to become the best project manager you can be—an Effective Project Manager (EPM). Turn into a “doer” who can handle any situation by being focused on the right things at the right times. See our review and enter to win a copy here!

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"Teachable Moments" are formed when you have done something--regardless of the outcome--and learned from the experience. Learning makes us better at what we do and provides a great opportunity to develop others and sharpen skills. We’ve compiled our best Teachable Moments from our community members for you to learn from and share with other project managers. (Also available as epub and mobi downloads!)

R.E.A.L Knowledge at NASA - A Knowledge Services Model for the Modern Project Environment by Dr. Ed Hoffman and Dr. Jon Boyle. Learn about the modern project environment and historical context of knowledge and learning at NASA. Strategic imperatives that guide the design and development of a Knowledge Services (KS) Model for individuals, teams and organizations is discussed.

THE EFFECTIVE PM WEBINAR BY MICHAEL STRATTON
 

This live webinar is now complete and is available on-demand! Thanks to all attendees! Project managers make things happen. The Effective PM webinar focuses on strategic assets such as the ability to manage yourself and manage others. Learn how to improve productivity while producing work that matters. One (1) free PDU will be automatically reported. 

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Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, will be joining us on 10 June 2015 from 12pm – 1pm EDT to discuss the concepts of his book with book club members and you can participate! Simply register for the webinar and you can join us on the live day. 

When the landmark best-seller Flawless Consulting was first published more than three decades ago, it was quickly adopted as the "consultant's bible." With his legendary warmth and passion, Peter Block explained how to deal effectively with clients, peers, and others. The book continues to speak to people in a support function inside organizations as well as to external consultants.

We would love for you to join the discussion! While the book club is closed to new members, there are many other opportunities to stay involved and participate! If you’ve read his book, share your thoughts with us below!

You can also connect with Peter by clicking here.

You have the opportunity to take not one, but TWO eLearning courses at no cost to you and earn PDUs to maintain your credential!

A Space Odyssey - The Ultimate Communications Management Mission

The year is 2075 – project management now takes place in outer space, presenting myriad new challenges. A small international community of scientists has colonized Mars to conduct experiments and explore the environment. Join your team at Mission Control, just as the world learns that an asteroid is heading to Mars and jeopardizing the lives of your colonists. Field questions from the media, handle the fallout of an untimely communication leak, and keep your stakeholders apprised of rapid developments as you begin to address the technical challenges of saving your colonists.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to manage communications in a manner that insures that strategic goals are met and create an atmosphere for effective stakeholder engagement. To do this, you will be able to:

• Use and amend the communication management plan to outline a communication strategy for the project.
• Listen actively and effectively to clearly understand issues, concerns, and questions.
• Ask the right questions to insure common understanding between sender and receiver of the communication.
• Select the appropriate level of information for a variety of audiences to prevent miscommunication and misunderstandings.
• Manage and control communications in a way that provides timely information to appropriate recipients in order to build and maintain support for the project.

Program Management Success Series: Analyze, Plan and Communicate Program Benefits

In this course in the new Program Management Success Series, users will shadow an experienced program manager in the development of a benefits realization plan and a benefits register. The benefits realization plan and the benefits register help the program manager to determine program benefits and how those benefits will be communicated.

This course will cover:

• Identifying the phases of benefits management
• Recognizing components of a benefits realization plan
• Identifying the five main tasks of benefits management and planning
• Assessing the thoroughness of a benefits register
• Understanding how benefits are the positive outcome of a program

Nearly 75% of executives believe their company’s performance could improve if their employees gained certain key skills*. One of these critical skills – project management – can enhance your marketability and give you the flexibility to move across projects, organizations, industries and geography.

Find out what PMI’s eLearning courses can offer you by taking a look today!

As you're settling into our new community, you may be wondering what Influence is and how to go about obtaining it. The information below will tell you just that!

Just remember, the more you participate, the more influence you can earn. Make sure you start connecting with others, commenting on content, and even creating content of your own and you'll soon be on your way to gaining influence!